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and are fishermen, from long practice and keen 

 observation, fail frequently in their hopes of 

 sport. They often see fish after fish disporting 

 themselves on every side, and yet not one will 

 look at their flies. Whereas with the herd of 

 tourists, who look for sport, as though it were 

 within their easy grasp, how few of them are 

 fishermen ; how frequently do they foil each 

 other's attempts by crowding to the same 

 quarters ; and how little disposed are they to 

 credit, that salmon are as whimsical as women, 

 and as hard to capture with unskilful hands ! 



" O woman in thine hour of ease, 

 Uncertain, coy, and hard to please !" 



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